casis
See also: ĉasis
English
Etymology
From Spanish caciz or Portuguese caxis, which was from a dialectal pronunciation of Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of qadi and alcalde.
Noun
casis (plural casises)
- Obsolete form of qadi.
- (historical) a Muslim holy man or a saint.
References
- Hobson-Jobson: The Anglo-Indian Dictionary, by Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell
Catalan
Verb
casis
- second-person singular present subjunctive form of casar
Latin
Noun
casīs f
- dative/ablative plural of casa
References
- casis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)